[supafamous]

Well, a week after I asked this question I bought this place (subjects are still on it). The place turned out to check nearly every box my wife and I had AND it exceeded on a few things so rather than build a place (which we were wanting to do earlier in the year) or keep up our demoralising hunt we bought this. It's a 10 min walk to my daughter's daycare, elementary and high school and still close enough for my parents and in-laws to come over (and eventually live with us).

Fun fact: The microwave that it comes with costs ($1800) more than the fridge I currently own.

https://www.rew.ca/properties/347394...nue-burnaby-bc

Originally Posted by supafamous

So I've run across this new build (in progress) that seems intriguing to my wife and I as it has the potential for two suites (for eventually housing the parents/in-laws) while checking a bunch of boxes for us but I don't know much about suite/rental rules in Burnaby:

https://ralphmaglieri.com/property/5...r-ave-burnaby/

The main floor looks like it could be easily suited as either a 1 bed or 2 bed unit and then it also comes with a 600sf studio in the back which is not shown in the photos that comes with a bathroom (the neighbouring houses also have these which you can see in satellite view: https://goo.gl/maps/ThTpoCPsDFrxuFBx5)

I've never seen a house in Burnaby with this kind of accessory building before and when I read about the area zoning there's no mention of this type of building being allowed. As it has a bathroom (and hookups for laundry) I assume they know full well that this is going to be a rental/in-law suite.

Anyone know much about these types of buildings and about creating a suite in Burnaby? Nothing on the city website answers my questions (we'll be getting a viewing this week of the house to get more details).